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Why college football coaches can't zing their rivals anymore | The State

The spring college football speaking tour is winding down, and it’s been another boring year on the one-liners front. If you’re of a certain age and personality bent, that makes you a little nostalgic for college football as it used to be.

The (Insert Team Name Here) Club speaking gigs used to be some of the best fun of the college football season. It was at a Gator Club meeting in the offseason of 1994 that Steve Spurrier dubbed Florida State University as Free Shoes University thanks to a scandal involving star wide receiver Peter Warrick.